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Home My WebLink About11/15/1948 Board of Public Works Minutes452 4 1 5 2 Each Resetting sewer manhole ring and comer 10.00 Each Resetting stormwa.ter inlet ring and cover 10.00 7 3 6 Each 3/4',' long lead water services 80.00 1 Each Resetting water manhle ring and -cover 10.00 (� Therefore, .be it resolved . by the Board of PublicWorks and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the bid of the Rieth-Riley Construction Coripan for the construe; !tion of the improvement described in Improvement Resolution No. 2580 19�8, passed by thisli Boa.rd on September 30, 1948 be,and the same is hereby,adopted and that the City of South i (Bend, Indiana, thru its Mayor and Board of Public Works and Sa.fety,enter into a written 11 contract with said Rieth-Riley Construction Company for the faithful execution of such i! ;work, according to said bid, the detailed plans and specifications and the terms of said �I ;Resolution, provided that before entering upon the performance of,saidxcontract, said ii !Rith-Riley Construction Company shall give bond, in the amount equal to one,hundred (100)' !percent of the contract price for such work, with a Surety Company legally authorized to !' jtransact business in the State of Indiana, as.Surety,.to the approval of this Board, to (secure the performance of such contract, and shall give a Maintenance bond in the amount equal to fifty (50) percent of the contract price for such work, with a Surety Company �legally warrant authorized to trAnsact business in the State of Indiana, as Surety,to the approval of this Board to warrant and guarantee the work, material and condition of the pavement (for a period of three (3) years, and to hold the City of South Bend, Indiana harmless from payment of any debt or damage by reason of any act of such Contractor, and to secure; the payment of all claims for labor and material used in such improvement. R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Albert E. Troeger Board of Public IV.Torks and Safety C. J. Pajakowski Clerk of the Board STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. The Commissioner informed the Board that he was in need of a one ton truck and the Clerk of the Board was directed to advertise for,one, bids to be returnable on November 29, 1948. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski,, Sexton, was presenta.nd matters pertaining to his department werediseussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 A.M. TTES T: I,Ntg �♦3 , November 15, 1948 A regular^meeting of the Board of Public 1,7orks was held on Monday, November 15, 1948 at 9:00 A.1/1. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $20,738.26 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount -of $16,286.04 were approved and ordered paid: Business Systems, $ 11.11 Mishai,.aka Equipment Co. The Gibson Company 24.26 National Mill Supply Co. Catherine E. Haberle 45.75 National Mill Supply Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 6.75 H. H. Slominski, M.D. Kuert Concrete Co. 234.00 The Studebaker Corporation Mishawaka, Equipment Co. 11.16 Roy A. 'Uorden City Water Works 4.59 F. Dale Nelson, MD City 1,,fa.ter Works 30.46 Office Engineers Indiana & Michigan Elec. Co. 7,375.31 St. Joseph's Hospital Indiana, & Michigan Elec, Co. 207.33 Schilling's Inc. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 356.10 0. J. Shoemaker Mid -City Equipment Co. 5.70 H. H. Slominski, M.D. Mirror Press 14.04 South Bend Tribune PARKING METER FUND: Abbot Coin Counter 547.21 Shuman Labels Business Systems 20.07 McClave Printing Co. Dual Parking Meter Co. 41119.22 G. E. Meyer & Son Shuman Labels 178.50 Frank Selecki 17.291 7.56, 2.0311 36.00 9.43 21700.00 8.00 18.56 5.50 3.01 3.70I 12.00 ! 5.42 183.75 50.00 5.50 26.73 TRAFFID DEPARTMENT: Mr. Miller informed the Board that Devite Newland had been injured while lifting the 'paint machine on to the #ruck and had been directed to go to the Doct I. S .-. • • • 0 0 453 0 n U CJ 0 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr, Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. Damage to two traffic signals was reported to the Board, and the Clerk was directed to write letters to the insurance company and to the persons involved asking for reim- bursement for the cost of repairs. BUS ROUTES.: A petition signed by residents of the River Ridge Addition was sent to the Common Council and referred by them to the Board, asking for bus service for school children attending the Piarquette School. Said petition was sent to the Northern Indiana Transit Corrpany for investigation and report. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. Excavation bond was approved and ordered filed for Bernhard D. Johnson, and a Contractor's Bond was approved and ordered filed for Paul L. Pocza. A petition was received asking for the investigation of smoke and odor conditions in the area of Fisher, Dunham, Maade and Olive Streets caused by the South Bend Grain Elevator Company. A letter was drafted by the Board and sent to the South Bend Elevator Company informing them that within 30 days, or by December 15, 191;81 they will be asked to cease the operation and use of their incinerator until they have a complete plan showi possible changes which would make the incinerator more efficient. After the said date of December 15, they will be asked to dispose of cobs by hauling them to the city dump. A resolution passed by the Common Council was presented to the Board wherein they asked the cooperation of the railroads now using coal -buying engines within the limits of the City of South Bend to convert their equipment to oil burAng engines. This was ordere filed. A contract between the City of South Bend and the Rieth-Riley Construction company was approved by the Board for the paving of Sibley Avenue from the West line of Wilber Street to the East line of College Street under improvement resolution No. 2580. Also a. Maintenance bond and a performance bond for the above. PARKING TEETER DEPARTMENT: Joseph Bliley was appointed as a collector for the Parking Meter Department effective November 16, 19L,8 at a salary of $250.00 per month. STREET DEPARTMENT: Mir. Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters- pertaining to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10 : 00 A. MT. ATTEST: Clerk November 22, 1948 A regular meeting of the Board of Public forks was held on'Monday, November 22, 1948 • at 9:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $2,518.42 were approved and ordered Jpaid: Business Systems 1.96 Indiana Bell Telephone $ 98.81 City Water Works 1.08 Harold A. Weber 12.00 Englewood Electrical Supply 10.25 West Side Floral Co. 25.00 Badur Bros, 44.55 Indiana Equipment Co. 1,096.45 Badur Bros. 50.05 Magnus Chemical Co. 19.09 Badur Eros. 145.31 Mishawaka Equipment Co. 8.49 Business Systems 10.50 Northern_ Indiana Wholesale Grocery 14.00 • Century tool & Metal Co. 168.75 Leo P. Rieder 40.50 'Ellsworth Store 1.80 S. S. Saunders Co. 195.02 Ga.dbury Implement Sales 1.75 C. A. Schrader Co. 18.61 ,Graves Auto Glass 5.50 Singer General Tire Co. 42.19 Hoffman Bros. 48.26 Singer General Tire Co. 32.25 ;Indiana Huntington Tractor Sales 400.00 Standard Automotive Supply 15.E-9 Bell Telephone Co. 7.51 Parking Meter Department: Business Systems 8.29